FSF Blogs: June GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring Sixteen new GNU releases: GNUnet, Nettle, and more!

Sixteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of June 30, 2025):

8 ways every Linux distro could make things a lot easier for newbies

Although Linux continues to grow, distributions could attract – and retain – even more new users with just a few tweaks.

FOSS Force’s Top Ten for June

Here’s what people were reading the most on FOSS Force during the month of June, 2025.
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Darktable: The Open Source Lightroom Alternative Every Shooter Needs

Darktable brings advanced, nondestructive photo editing and management to Linux—no subscription or proprietary software required.
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10 Little-Known Linux Commands You Probably Missed – Part 5

The post 10 Little-Known Linux Commands You Probably Missed – Part 5 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .After four highly appreciated and successful articles in our series on Lesser-Known Linux Commands, we’re excited to bring…

First Arch Linux ISO Release Powered by Linux 6.15 Is Now Available for Download

Arch Linux 2025.07.01 is now available for download as Arch Linux’s ISO release for July 2025, powered by Linux kernel 6.15 and featuring an improved installation experience.
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Distribution Release: ExTiX 25.7

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Arne Exton has announced the availability of a new version of ExTiX, based on the recently-released deepin 25 and featuring the Deepin desktop: “I released a new version of ExTiX Deepin …

Distribution Release: ExTiX 25.7

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Arne Exton has announced the availability of a new version of ExTiX, based on the recently-released deepin 25 and featuring the Deepin desktop: “I released a new version of ExTiX Deepin …

Linux App Release Roundup (June 2025)

How the Jeff is it July, already?! Blink-and-you-miss-it June flew by but it did deliver a number notable Linux app releases to act as blurred mile markers as we hurtle into another month. The redesigned ONLYOFFICE 9.0 generated a lot of opinion; the F…

FSF Blogs: Call for volunteers: Help us with the GNU Press shop

People around the world are eagerly waiting to receive their GNU Press
shop orders, and we need a little help sending everything out. Would
you be willing to donate a little of your time to support the FSF’s
work while chatting and enjoying snacks…

digiKam 8.7.0 Release Offers Improved AI Tools

You don’t need to be a professional photographer (protographer?) to find photo management software digiKam helpful, as the canny crop of new “AI” powered features on offer in the latest release proves. Note: this is a news item coveri…

Manjaro 25.0 “Zetar”: A Bold Leap into Flatpak Integration and Gaming Optimization

by George Whittaker

Manjaro Linux has long been celebrated for blending the power of Arch Linux with user-friendly features. With the release of Manjaro 25.0 “Zetar”, the distribution …

Gemini’s command line tool is a hidden productivity game changer – and it’s free

If you’re looking to add a bit of Gemini AI productivity to your Linux command line workflow, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to install and use.

4 Linux distros that can’t be upgraded on autopilot – and why they’re still worth trying

Some Linux distributions are more demanding, requiring extra precaution when it comes to installing and updating. Here’s four examples and what makes them so tricky.

Linux’s remarkable journey from one dev’s hobby to 40 million lines of code – and counting

Longtime programmer Jonathan Corbet tells the story of Linux and reveals what’s made it successful over its three decades.

KDE Plasma 6.4.2 Improves the Kicker App Menu Widget, Spectacle, and More

KDE Plasma 6.4.2 is now available as the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.4 desktop environment series with more fixes.
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GnuCash 5.12 Released with Many Fixes & Improvements [Ubuntu PPA]

GnuCash, the popular free open-source accounting software, released new 5.12 version yesterday. This is the twelfth point release for 5.x release series that introduced various bug-fixes, improvements, and translation updates. And, for Ubuntu users, the “Gnucash packaging team” PPA revived. First of all, GnuCash 5.12 added China Merchants Bank support in security editor. And, it […]

TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen7 Linux Laptop Now Ships with AMD Ryzen 9 CPUs

TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen7 Linux laptop is now available with the AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX and AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D processors.
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Lyon, France Adopts OnlyOffice: From Russia With Love

The city of Lyon is getting rid of most of its US software. Its choice of OnlyOffice instead of LibreOffice has me scratching my head.
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10 Linux Interview Questions with Examples – Part 3

The post 10 Linux Interview Questions with Examples – Part 3 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Welcome back to our Linux Interview Questions series on Tecmint! We’re truly grateful for the encouraging feedback on the first
Th…